Saliva Testing & Management

You go to your doctor for a blood test, why not go to your dentist for a saliva test?

The Health Society is the home of the best seller oral microbiome test, ORALIS 1 by THS Labs. One of the cofounders of The Health Society, Dr Victoria Sampson, spent years collecting data from her patients at the clinic to build the most comprehensive saliva test that uses a combination of shotgun metagenomics, gene sequencing and artificial intelligence.

Saliva can tell you lots about not only your oral health but also your general health. By using ORALIS 1 we can:

- Look at over 500 different bacteria

- Check for 10 genetic mutations that might increase your risk of common diseases

- See how certain bacteria are acting in your mouth

- Assess your risk of common oral diseases

- Personalised your treatment and give you personalised recommendations to rebalance your oral microbiome

Victoria is on the scientific advisory board of some of the leading microbiome and salivary diagnostics companies and has been heavily involved in making these tests commercially viable. She has also ran multiple research trials on salivary diagnostics in dentistry and is known to be one of the leading figureheads in the world for this.

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Oral Microbiome Testing

Our mouth houses the second largest and most diverse ecosystem of bacteria in the body (oral microbiome). There are 700 different species of bacteria in the mouth; some good, some bad and some ugly. Through oral microbiome testing we can measure what bacteria you have present in your mouth. This allows proper diagnosis of disease and also allows us to create a personalised treatment plan based on your microbiome profile. This plan may include specific mouthwashes, toothpastes, foods, and supplements aimed at steering your microbiome back to harmony. We are the first practice in the country to provide this personalised preventative treatment, as Dr Victoria is the founder of THS Labs and has developed the test with her team at the lab.

Collagen Breakdown Testing

Unfortunately much dental disease is 'invisible' until it is too late. Traditionally, we only knew there was gum disease once destruction had occurred. That is why we are the first practice in the country to provide biomarker testing to look for signs of collagen breakdown (and therefore gum disease) before it is visible in the mouth. We test the saliva and the gums for a certain enzyme called aMMP8, which is the most stable biomarker for collagen breakdown in the mouth.